How do I programmatically add a button to a gridview and assign it to a specific code-behind function?

Question

In runtime I\'m creating a DataTable and using nested for-loops to populate the table. This table I later assign as DataSource to a gridview and on RowDataBound I assign the

Answer 1

On your gridview in markup, assign CommandArgument attribute to whichever you want (here I choose the index of the current gridviewrow) inside the your buttons.

 <asp:Button ID="lbnView" runat="server" Text="Button" OnClick="btn_Clicked" 
CommandArgument="<%# ((GridViewRow)Container).RowIndex %>"></asp:Button>

Or in your code behind, you can create a button like below

protected void GridViewDice_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) 
{ 


    DataTable diceTable = _gm.GetDice(_gameId); 
    for (int i = 0; i < GameRules.ColumnsOfDice; i++) 
    { 
        if(e.Row.RowIndex > -1) 
        { 
            Button btn = new Button();
            btn.CommandArgument = diceTable.Rows[e.Row.RowIndex][i].ToString(); 
            btn.Attributes.Add("OnClick", "btn_Clicked");

            e.Row.Cells[i].Controls.Add(btn);
        }
    }
}

then make an event handler like below

protected void btn_Clicked(object sender, EventAgrs e)
{
   //get your command argument from the button here
   if (sender is Button)
   {
     try
     {
        String yourAssignedValue = ((Button)sender).CommandArgument;
     }
     catch
     {
       //Check for exception
     }
   }
}

Answer 2

The easiest way to do this is just add a column to your GridView (You can use a button rather than a hyperlink if you like):

<Columns>
 <asp:HyperLinkField DataNavigateUrlFields="ID" DataNavigateUrlFormatString="~/pUser.aspx?field={0}" HeaderText="Select" Text="Select" />

Answer 3

Unfortunately at that stage you can't create a new button and assign events to it. By this point in the page lifecycle, when it's firing events, it has already built up it's list of "known" controls that it will keep track of when the page reloads, and so it won't know to fire your button click event code the next time it posts back.

In order to get ASP.NET to properly fire your event methods, you need to add the Button control to the page's control hierarchy before the page's Load event. I usually do it in the Init event or CreateChildControls method.

To solve your issue, I would recommend adding the button to all the cells in the template markup and have it reference the event handler there. Then, have your RowDataBound method handle flip the button's visibility on or off.